You might know that National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation was written by John Hughes, the guy behind ’80s classics like The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. But did you know that before Hughes became a filmmaker he was a contributor to the National Lampoon magazine? In fact, he based his Christmas Vacation screenplay on one of his old Lampoon pieces, “Christmas ’59.” That’s just one of the cheerful facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Go back about 2 years ago and you may remember that we lost a filmmaker who spoke to a generation and entertained during a 20-year run of films that are probably a part of your DVD collection. John Hughes is saluted this week on "The Playlist".